Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Hand Hygiene Issues in Operating Rooms

A new study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, is attracting a great deal of attention in the healthcare and research community. The study shows…

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Daylight Savings Time: Impact on Life Satisfaction for Parents

“Especially parents of young children suffer when daylight savings time begins,” says Daniel Kühnle from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,…

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Japan Quake’s Impact: Global Warming and Ozone Loss Insights

New research suggests that the thousands of buildings destroyed and damaged during the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan four years ago…

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Symmetry Matters: Insights on Graphene Growth Properties

What lies beneath growing islands of graphene is important to its properties, according to a new study led by Rice University.

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Hunting and Birdwatching Fuel Conservation Efforts in NY

This survey of conservation activity among rural landowners in Upstate New York considered a range of possible predictors such as gender, age, education,…

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Traffic Light Food Labels Boost Self-Control and Health Choices

Red, yellow, green: The traffic signal labels on packages are supposed to be an easy-to-understand indication of the overall “healthiness” of a food product….

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Trust Shapes Brain Structure: Study Insights and Implications

The research may have implications for future treatments of psychological conditions such as autism, said the study's lead author Brian Haas, an assistant…

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Teenage TV Audiences and Energy Drink Ads: A Study Insights

Researchers at Dartmouth College examined a database of television advertisements broadcast between March 2012 and February 2013 on 139 network and cable…

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Miscanthus Ethanol: Boosting Profits and Environmental Gains

“One of the reasons for interest in these second-generation cellulosic feedstocks is that if they can be grown on low-quality soil, they wouldn't compete for…

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Mammals Inherit More From Fathers, Study Reveals New Insights

You might resemble or act more like your mother, but a novel research study from UNC School of Medicine researchers reveals that mammals are genetically more…

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Early Detection of Bipolar Disorder in High-Risk Children

The study is among the first to show that subthreshold manic episodes — experiences that approach but do not meet the cut-offs for full-blown bipolar disorder…

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How Handshakes Reveal Hidden Insights About People

In the study, published in the journal eLife, scientists from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science found that people use the touch of a handshake to sample…

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Adolescent Obesity Linked to High Blood Pressure: New Study Insights

The study, led by Yaron Arbel, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, examined 715,000 Israeli adolescents, both male and female, aged 16-20,…

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Long Sleepers at Higher Stroke Risk: New Study Insights

The study found that people who slept more than eight hours a night, called long sleepers, were 46 percent more likely to have a stroke than people who slept…

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Why companies don’t learn from their mistakes

The mobile phone bill is not quite correct, the wrong food is served at a restaurant or the hotel room hasn’t been properly cleaned: Most of us may have been…

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New Protein Discovery Ensures Heartbeats Stay in Sync

The average heart beats 35 million times a year – 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calibrated; even a small divergence from the…

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